2023 Southeastern Conference softball season

The 2023 SEC softball season began play Thursday, February 9, and conference play began on Friday, March 10. Tennessee clinched the regular season conference championship on May 6.[3] Tennessee also won the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball tournament which took place from May 9–13 at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Vanderbilt University is the only full member of the Southeastern Conference to not sponsor a softball program.[4] Of the 13 teams in the SEC, 12 played in the NCAA tournament. Of the top 16 seeds hosting Regionals, five are from the SEC.[5] Three of the five win their Regionals, being the only SEC teams to win Regionals. Two of the three win their Super Regionals and advance to the 2023 Women's College World Series (WCWS).

2023 SEC Softball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoftball
Number of teams13
Regular Season
2023 SEC ChampionsTennessee
Tournament
ChampionsTennessee
  Runners-upSouth Carolina
Finals MVPKiki Milloy (Tennessee)
2023 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍†‍‡‍y 19–5–0 .79251–10–0 .836
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 16–7–0 .69642–15–0 .737
No. 20 Auburn ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .62543–19–0 .694
No. 7 Alabama ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58345–22–0 .672
No. 17 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58340–19–0 .678
No. 16 LSU ‍‍‍y 13–11–0 .54242–17–0 .712
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50035–21–0 .625
No. 21 Florida ‍‍‍y 11–13–0 .45838–22–0 .633
No. 24 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 10–14–0 .41731–22–1 .583
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 9–15–0 .37540–22–0 .645
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 8–16–0 .33332–28–0 .533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 7–16–0 .30428–25–0 .528
Missouri ‍‍‍y 7–17–0 .29235–26–0 .574
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2023[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

SEC preseason poll

The head coaches SEC preseason poll was released on January 26, 2023. Each head coach votes on a scale of 12 points for first place down to 1 point for last place, 12th. Each coach only votes for 12 teams, since they can not vote for their own team. Florida was picked to finish 1st, with five 1st place votes. Tennessee was 2nd with three 1st place votes, and Arkansas 3rd with the remaining five 1st place votes.[6]

Preseason poll
Predicted finish Team
1Florida
2Tennessee
3Arkansas
4Alabama
5LSU
6Georgia
7Kentucky
8Missouri
9Auburn
10Ole Miss
11Mississippi State
12Texas A&M
13South Carolina

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2023 SEC softball records

Source: 2023 SEC softball game results, 2023 SEC softball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA14–101–21–2...2–13–02–12–12–11–2.ALA5–31–0
ARK14–102–1.2–11–22–1.3–01–2..2–11–2ARK5–31–0
AUB15–92–1.1–21–2.2–12–13–02–12–1..AUB6–21–0
FLA11–13.1–22–12–11–2..2–12–11–20–3.FLA4–40–1
UGA16–7.2–12–11–22–11–22–0..3–0.3–0UGA6–22–0
KEN10–14.1–2.2–11–2.0–33–02–1.0–31–2KEN3–51–2
LSU13–111–2.1–2.2–1.3–02–12–12–10–3.LSU5–31–1
MSU7–160–30–31–2.0–23–00–3..3–0.0–3MSU2–62–4
MIZZ7–171–22–10–31–2.0–31–2.1–2..1–2MIZZ1–70–2
MISS8–161–2.1–21–2.1–21–2.2–1.0–31–2MISS1–70–1
SCAR9–151–2.1–22–10–3.1–20–3..1–23–0SCAR2–61–2
TENN19–52–11–2.3–0.3–03–0..3–02–12–1TENN7–14–0
TAMU12–12.2–1..0–32–1.3–02–12–10–31–2TAMU5–31–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie brkrs: ARK>ALA hd to hd.[7][8]

National rankings

All games, for the weeks ending May 21 through June 9 were played in the NCAA tournament and the Women's College World Series (WCWS). The SEC had 12 of 13 teams play in the NCAA tournament, Mississippi State being the only team to not play. All playing, except for Kentucky and Missouri, made a Regional final and three, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, won Regionals to advance to Super Regionals. Tennessee and Alabama won their Super Regionals to advance to the WCWS, while Georgia lost in a Super Regional. Finishes, e.g., 3rd, 7th, etc., are finishes in the NCAA tournament. They are not necessarily the same positions in any of the polls.

  • Tennessee went 5–0 winning their Regional and Super Regional and went 2–2 in the WCWS to finish tied for 3rd with one other team.
  • Alabama went 5–2 winning their Regional and Super Regional and went 0–2 in the WCWS to finish tied for 7th with one other team.
  • Georgia went 3–0 winning their Regional and 0–2 losing to Florida State in their Super Regional. Georgia finished tied for 9th with seven other teams.
  • Arkansas went 2–2 losing their Regional to a ranked Oregon. Arkansas finished tied for 17th with fifteen other teams.
  • LSU went 2–2 losing out to a ranked Louisiana in LSU's Regional, finishing tied for 17th with fifteen other teams.
  • Auburn went 3–2 losing out to a ranked Clemson in Clemson's Regional. Auburn finished tied for 17th with fifteen other teams.
  • Texas A&M went 2–2 losing out to a ranked Texas in Texas' Regional. Texas A&M finished tied for 17th with fifteen other teams.
  • Florida went 2–2 losing out to a ranked Stanford in Stanford's Regional. Florida finished tied for 17th with fifteen other teams.
  • Ole Miss went 2–2 losing out to a ranked Utah in Utah's Regional. Ole Miss finished tied for 17th with fifteen other teams.
  • South Carolina went 3–2 losing out to an unranked UCF and a ranked Florida State in Florida State's Regional. South Carolina finished tied for 17th with fifteen other teams.
  • Kentucky went 1–2 losing out to an unranked Miami (Ohio) and a ranked Northwestern in Northwestern's Regional. Kentucky finished tied for 33rd with fifteen other teams.
  • Missouri went 1–2 losing out to an unranked California and a ranked Oklahoma in Oklahoma's Regional. Missouri finished tied for 33rd with fifteen other teams.

[7][9][10]

AFCA/USA Today

The 14th poll was after the conference tournaments and before the NCAA tournament. The 15th poll, after the NCAA tournament, is the final poll.

Week0123456789101112131415
TENN1311127754457434443TENN
ALA915111313161617161614161414127ALA
UGA15121718191817151412121111131414UGA
LSU25181515141215141213151315111116LSU
ARK7476691210810111212121317ARK
AUB21212019181921191921191717161620AUB
FLA4338888111515131416182021FLA
KEN20171817161413161717202023222224KEN
TAMU–––––24–252423252525–––TAMU
MIZZ––242425–––––––––––MIZZ
MSU23–––––––––––––––MSU
MISS––––––––––––––––MISS
SCAR––––––––––––––––SCAR

[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][2]

D1Softball

The 13th poll was after the end of the regular season, before the conference tournaments, then the 14th poll, after the NCAA tournament, is the final poll.

Week01234567891011121314
TENN12911444334733444TENN
ALA612612101915161515131614168ALA
UGA108141818189886776711UGA
ARK8410891517129121113121417ARK
LSU17171298810111011141215918LSU
AUB192318202224––––2015131520AUB
TAMU–2519222113201514142122232223TAMU
FLA5341313101118–23182122––FLA
KEN1615161417981417192324–––KEN
SCAR––––––––––25––––SCAR
MIZZ––2524–––––––––––MIZZ
MISS25––––––––––––––MISS
MSU–––––––––––––––MSU

[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate

The 14th poll was after the conference tournaments and before the NCAA tournament. The 15th poll, after the NCAA tournament, is the final poll.

Week0123456789101112131415
TENN12896553356434444TENN
ALA712799131314141413161413117ALA
UGA131016161817161089111110111212UGA
ARK64877121711911121212121317ARK
AUB21212021212225232324211715151719AUB
LSU20181415141012121112151416141520LSU
FLA53310121110131815141517212021FLA
SCAR–––––––––––––––23SCAR
TAMU–––25–21242119212423232325–TAMU
KEN171618171614111615162022––––KEN
MIZZ2323212323–––––––––––MIZZ
MSU––––––––––––––––MSU
MISS––––––––––––––––MISS

[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]

All-SEC teams

On May 12, SEC officials announced their softball awards for the 2023 season. Skylar Wallace of Florida was selected as Player of the Year, Maddie Penta of Auburn was named Pitcher of the Year, and Karlyn Pickens of Tennessee was Freshman of the Year, and Karen Weekly of Tennessee was chosen as the Coach of the Year.[57]

The All-SEC Teams consist of 21 student-athletes on the First Team, 21 student-athletes on the Second Team, and a nine-member All-Defensive Team:

All-SEC First Team

All-SEC Second Team

SEC All-Defensive Team

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